New video of Cybook Opus screen changes
By Paul Biba
ebouquin sent me an email pointing to their new video of the Opus. Take a look, as the screen refresh is incredibly fast. Here’s what they say:
LE DÉFILEMENT RAPIDE SUR LE CYBOOK OPUS
Les membres de MobileRead savent trouver les limites d’un reader. Bien souvent, celles-ci se situent dans la gestion des formats de fichier, dans le manque d’ergonomie etc… Ayant reçu un avis globalement positif dans les épreuves précédentes, il ne nous restait plus qu’à voir si son écran en papier électronique (un élément crucial sur un reader !) était de qualité. Quelle joie lorsque nous avons vu défiler les pages ! C’est sûrement la vidéo la plus étonnante que nous ayons pu prendre du Cybook Opus lors de sa présentation aux membres de MobileRead. "Feuilleter" un livre électronique est désormais chose possible.
July 15th, 2009 at 10:50 am
Google translation:
MobileRead members know how to find the limits of a reader. Often they lie in the management of file formats, the lack of ergonomics etc … Having received was generally positive in previous tests, it only remains for us to see if its electronic paper display (a crucial element in a reader!) Was quality. What joy when we saw the pages! This is surely the most amazing video that we were able to take Cybook Opus during his presentation to members of MobileRead. “Scroll” an electronic book is now possible.
Yahoo Babelfish translation:
The members of MobileRead can find the limits of a reader. Very often, those are located in the management of the formats of file, in the lack of ergonomics etc… Having received an overall positive opinion in the preceding tests, it any more but did not remain us to be seen whether its electronic paper screen (a crucial factor on a reader!) was of quality. What a joy when we saw ravelling the pages! It is surely it video most astonishing that we could take of Cybook Opus at the time of its presentation to the members of MobileRead. “To divide into sheets” one e-book is from now on possible thing.
July 15th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Something fishy here. Just after he flips it from portrait to landscape, we see the familiar negative image. Nowhere else.
Could it be that this video was edited to make it look this way, but cutting out all the frames showing the ‘fade to black’ page transitions?
July 16th, 2009 at 6:09 am
If so, it was worthy of Lucasfilm. Making edits like that isn’t that easy to do and make look realistic. As an SFX fanatic, I’m pretty good at picking out film manipulation, and I’d say there was none there.
Maybe the content was somehow altered, but it looked to me like the device was cacheing the content so as not to have to “turn” pages as often. I also understand (from MobileRead comments) that